Kanto Route 7

Tired of running away and getting punched by the angry Pokémon, Ash has had enough and decides to fight back. The young trainer chooses Squirtle, but its water gun does little to weaken Primeape. Next, he sends Bulbasaur, whose Razor Leaf attack is also ineffective.

Finally, Ash releases Charmander, who struggles at first, but then uses Rage attack to increase its fire power beyond the normal levels and scorch its opponent. As Pikachu recovers Ash's hat, he catches Primeape with a Poké Ball.

Ash catches Primeape.

Season 1 - Episode 25

"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Primeape is defeated by Charmander.

Kanto Route 7

Not even the combined forces of Jessie, James, Meowth, Ekans, and Koffing are enough to stop Primeape's rampage, who gives Team Rocket a sound thrashing for kicking it without provocation.

Brock figures that Primeape is just looking for attention, so he tries to tame it, but much to his misfortune, he also gets a pounding. Knowing that they are next, Ash, Misty, and Pikachu run away before they get caught by the angry Pokémon.

Run before Primeape gets you!

Season 1 - Episode 25

"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Kanto Route 7

Team Rocket casually walks up to the gang, with the firm purpose of capturing Pikachu. Curious about the new arrivals, Mankey gets close to innocently check everyone out, but James kicks it to get it out of their way, throwing it behind the bushes.

Brock warns Team Rocket to scram before Mankey gives them a beating like it did with Ash. It is too late, however, because in its berserk state, the Pokémon evolves into Primape, a fighting machine that will chase after you forever!

Mankey evolves into Primeape.

Season 1 - Episode 25

"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Kanto Route 7

After being attacked without provocation, the mild-mannered and playful Mankey goes berserk and starts chasing the trainers. It isn't until it reaches Ash, gives him a beating, and takes his hat, that the pig-monkey Pokémon calms its rage and goes back to its normal self.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket spies from a distance using high-tech binoculars. Now that Ash is distracted trying to recover his official Pokémon League Expo hat, Jessie, James, and Meowth have an opportunity to grab Pikachu and please their boss.

Team Rocket spying from afar.

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"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Mankey goes berserk.

Kanto Route 7

Hiding behind the bushes there is a Mankey watching the gang as they eat their food. Hoping to get some of it, the pig-monkey approaches Brock playfully, so he gives it a rice ball. For Ash, this is an unexpected chance to catch a fighting Pokémon.

Acting before thinking, and ignoring Misty's advice, Ash throws a Poké Ball at Mankey without weakening it first, to which the pig-monkey reacts by throwing the rice ball back, frustrating the poorly executed catch attempt.

Is that a Mankey behind the bushes?

Season 1 - Episode 25

"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Kanto Route 7

After his call to Pallet Town, Ash's morale has crumbled; he thought he was doing great, when in reality, he has much work to do in order to catch up to his peers. To lift his spirits, Brock offers Ash some rice balls he is preparing on the side of the road.

Misty and Brock remind Ash that quality always comes before quantity, so he should get Pokémon at his own pace, not just for the sake of having more. Not that Ash is listening to any of it, he just wants to catch more Pokémon than Gary Oak.

Kanto Route 7 connects Saffron City and Celadon City.

Season 1 - Episode 25

"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Professor Oak's Laboratory

Professor Oak informs Ash that his grandson Gary and the other two Pallet Town trainers have already been to Celadon City, and each one has earned five gym badges. Not only that, Gary has caught a lot of Pokémon, which means Ash is falling behind.

Krabby is the only Pokémon the Professor has received from Ash so far, so he puts pressure on the young trainer to increase his catch count if he wants to achieve his goals. With that, the Professor ends the call to continue enjoying his tea.

Professor Oak's peaceful Chashitsu.

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"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Professor Oak's Laboratory

It's early morning in Pallet Town, and Professor Oak is enjoying a cup of tea before starting his day. Krabby brings the video phone to him, because a call is coming in. It's Ash, calling from Route 7 between Saffron City and Celadon City.

Ash wants to check in with the Professor, and proudly shows him the four gym badges he has earned so far during his travels through the Kanto Region. The Pokémon expert is not too impressed with Ash's progress, however.

Professor Oak's Lab in Pallet Town.

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"Primeape Goes Bananas"

Road Work in Progress

Just like it happened with Jessie, the stoic and somber Sabrina cannot resist Haunter's playful nature, and breaks into an uncontrollable laughter that also infects her Kadabra. Unable to battle, she loses the match, making Ash the earner of the Marsh Badge.

Misty, Brock, and Sabrina's mom are restored back to their human form. Haunter stays with Sabrina, who has at long last recovered her humanity. The jogging man finally gets his family back. And Team Rocket? They are cementing their bond with Saffron City.

Team Rocket is grounded for the time being.

Season 1 - Episode 24

"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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The Decisive Match

Ash finds Team Rocket at the bottom of the pot hole they created upon hitting the street, and realizes that Haunter was trying to stop them from stealing Pikachu. He begs the Ghost Pokémon to help him against Sabrina, and it agrees to come with him.

Back again at the Gym, it looks like Haunter has run away once more, which means that Pikachu will have to battle Kadabra for the second time. Unexpectedly, Haunter appears in front of Sabrina, and starts pulling faces again and playing pranks on her.

The final match at Sabrina's Gym.

Season 1 - Episode 24

"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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Downtown Saffron City

In order to defeat Sabrina, Ash walks the streets of Saffron searching for the missing Haunter. Unbeknownst to him, Team Rocket is surveilling the city from a high-rise window-cleaning cradle, looking for Pikachu.

Haunter startles the trio, making James and Meowth tumble over, while Jessie holds them and hangs from the cradle. The Ghost Pokémon starts pulling faces until Jessie breaks in laughter, and Team Rocket falls to the street below.

It's a long way to the street below.

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"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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Sabrina's Childhood Home

Re-materializing in a safe place, Ash is in disbelief at how evil Sabrina is. The jogging man, who is her father, tells him she was not always this way. As a toddler, Sabrina lived in a loving home with mom and dad, but when her psychic powers manifested, she changed.

She spent her entire time developing her abilities, and when her parents tried to make her stop, she destroyed the house, turned mom into a rag doll, and drove dad away. Refusing all human contact, Sabrina's powers became her obsession.

Sabrina's Childhood Home.

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"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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Sabrina's Gym

Haunter has disappeared, leaving Ash high and dry. None of his Pokémon want to battle Sabrina either, and she is ready to make everyone honor their promise to play with her. Terrified of what will happen next, Ash forfeits the match and runs away.

Misty and Brock try to escape as well, but they fall behind, and Sabrina uses her psychic powers to turn them into rag dolls. Just when she is about to do the same to Ash and his Pokémon, the jogging man appears and teleports them away.

Everyone looks for the exit door to escape from Sabrina.

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"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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Sabrina's Gym

Misty and Brock are not too optimistic that Ash will be able to defeat Sabrina, even with Haunter's help; after all, she is very powerful, and so is her Kadabra. Ash, however, is confident that he will succeed, and so, they go into the gym together.

Sabrina, levitating away from her throne, accepts the rematch, warning everyone that if she wins, they will become her playthings again; then, she sends Kadabra to the combat stage. Ash calls on Haunter to fight, but it is nowhere to be found.

Sabrina's self-appointed throne.

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"Haunter vs. Kadabra"

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Kanto Route 8

Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu leave Lavender Town, accompanied by Haunter; their destination is Saffron City. Ash hopes that Haunter, a Ghost Pokémon, can help him with Sabrina's Psychic Pokémon, Kadabra.

While initially spooked by it, Misty has grown fond of Haunter, who only wants to play and have fun; Brock, however, maintains his distance, because he is still frightened after the experience they all had at Lavender Town.

Kanto Route 8 connects Saffron City and Lavender Town.

Season 1 - Episode 23

"The Tower of Terror"

Lavender Town in a Kanto Region Map

 "The Noble Purple Town."

Lavender Town is located in eastern Kanto. Although much smaller than the other main cities in the region, it is renown for being the location of the haunted Pokémon Tower, where "Becalm the Spirits of Pokémon." Lavender connects to Saffron City via Route 8 to the west, to the Rock Tunnel via Route 10 to the north, and to the Silence Bridge via Route 12 to the south.

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Pokémon Tower

After their out-of-body experience, Ash and Pikachu return to their physical forms, and wake up to find Misty and Brock desperately trying to revive them. The next morning, the gang leaves the Pokémon Tower, but someone else is coming along. 

Haunter had so much fun with Ash and Pikachu, that it decided to come with them to Saffron City. Meanwhile Gastly and Gengar have fun with Jessie, James, and Meowth, who are forced to stay at the indoors playground entertaining the ghosts.

The Pokémon Tower is not so scary anymore.

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"The Tower of Terror"

Haunter joins the gang on their journey to Saffron City.

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The Indoors Playground

After being confined in the Pokémon Tower for so long, Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar only want to have friends around with whom to share all the fun their home has to offer, like this indoor playground.

Ash tells them he's enjoyed playing tonight, but he has to leave, because he wants to fulfill his dream of becoming the world's greatest Pokémon master. Despite being saddened by this, the ghosts do not intend to retain him of Pikachu.

Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar only want to have fun.

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"The Tower of Terror"

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Lavender Town

Haunter pulls the astral forms of the unconscious Ash and Pikachu out of their bodies. Although initially spooked out by the experience, trainer and Pokémon join the three ghosts in a late-night flight around Lavender Town.

After playing a ghostly prank on Misty and Brock, and having fun with Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar, Ash realizes they are not evil and never meant to scare anyone. They just want friends to play with.

Flying around Lavender Town.

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"The Tower of Terror"

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Back in the Pokémon Tower

Ash enters the tower again, but this time, Misty and Brock are not coming with him. Haunter and Gengar start re-enacting the comedic sketches they saw on TV, but neither Ash nor Pikachu find them funny.

With their feelings hurt, the ghosts phase through the floor, and when Ash jumps to catch them, a chandelier that is barely hanging from the ceiling falls on top of him and Pikachu, making them both pass out.

Back inside the Pokémon Tower.

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"The Tower of Terror"

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The Dining Room

Ash is happy to oblige, and pulls the string. Instantly, the furniture, silverware, dishes, and even the food start floating in the air and flying in all directions. Spooked by the terrifying phenomenon, trainers and Pokémon alike evacuate the tower.

As soon as everyone leaves, the flying objects return to their proper place in the dining room, and everything is as if nothing had ever happened. Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar giggle at their practical joke.

What in the Poltergeist?

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"The Tower of Terror"

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Pokémon Tower

Guided by Charmander's flame, Ash and Pikachu enter the Pokémon Tower, begrudgingly followed by Misty and Brock. Exploring the creepy place, the gang opens the doors at the end of a long and eerie hall.

Bracing for the worst, everyone is surprised to find an elegant dining room with a huge spread, fine silverware, and a delicious banquet waiting for them. There is also a pull-string piñata with a note attached to it: "Pull This."

What is at the end of the haunted hall?

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"The Tower of Terror"

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Pokémon Tower

While Ash tries to convince Misty and Brock to come with him and Pikachu into the tower, Jessie, James, and Meowth, who are already inside, spy the heroes from a window, and plot a strategy to steal Pikachu.

A Gastly suddenly appears, scaring Team Rocket, and their horror screams can be heard even outside. In another part of the tower, a Haunter and a Gengar watch sitcoms on TV, and their innocent laughter echoes through the old building like a supernatural shriek.

"Becalm the Spirits of Pokémon."

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"The Tower of Terror"

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Kanto Route 8

After having to forfeit the match to Sabrina, Ash was told by the jogging man that a Ghost Pokémon might be able to defeat the powerful gym leader. So, he and his friends travel to Lavender City, where they arrive just before dark.

From Kanto Route 8, they can see Pokémon Tower off in the distance; a place where it is said that Ghost Pokémon like to wander. But they are not the only ones there tonight... Team Rocket has already entered the tower!

The Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town.

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"The Tower of Terror"

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